Literally.

According to Wikipedia (and NASA, but are we really sure that’s a reliable source? Oh, calm down. I kid. I kid.), a total eclipse of the sun will take place on July 11. I’m pretty sure it’s only visible from a few places, but that’s really beside the point.

My point is this: Finally, we have another excuse to talk about the literal video version of Total Exclipe of the Heart.

Have you seen it? It cracks me up (and kind of creeps me out. I’m glad I never saw this video as a kid!) every time I see it.




Click here if you can’t see the embedded video.

For more ways to waste time funny literal version videos, check these out:

Love is a Battlefield
Billie Jean
Daydream Believer
Making Love Out of Nothing at All
One Week

I love these videos. That’s why I’m linking up to Things I Love Thursday at The Diaper Diaries.

Did you watch music videos in the 80s? Because I didn’t, often, and these videos are cuh-razy!

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A List of Important Things You Need to Know

UPDATE: Congratulations to BeckyJo and Debbie! (And thanks to Chelley for giving us a second book!) Your copy of Me, Myself & Lies will be on its way today!

For everyone else, please join us anyway. If you are having trouble finding a book online, check your local stores. Especially the Lifeway stores. The Lifeway store near me had several; I believe you can order and pay over the phone and have it shipped to you. The number to my store is 816-746-8080.

See you all on Monday! We'll chat live at 8:00 p.m. CST.

1. I’ve just learned that our Bible study book is out of stock on the Lifeway site. According to Beth Moore’s blog, you can call customer service and have them find one at a store near you. That number is 1-800-458-2772. However, I also have one book to give away. The trick is going to be getting it to you in time for our first session on Monday. So, if you want to do the study with us and haven’t gotten your book, leave a comment on this post before midnight. I’ll draw a random winner – and ship the book – tomorrow. (If you don’t know what study I’m talking about, you can read about it here.) And don’t worry – we’re just talking about the study in general on Monday. We’ll discuss the first chapter the following week.
2. Some of you may have noticed that I have begun replying to your comments via e-mail. If you’d like me to reply to you that way and haven’t gotten such a reply, that’s because I don’t have your e-mail address. The easiest way to make this all happen is to have your e-mail address linked to the account you sign in with. Colleen explains how to do this on her very helpful (and funny as all get out) blog.
3. I just want you to know that I have not forgotten my promise to share with you everything I’ve learned at the social media conferences I’ve attended recently. I even have a handy dandy folder with all my notes. It’s just hard to boil it all down to one post, and I haven’t gotten it done yet. But I will. Hopefully before people start talking about Web 4.0 . . .
4. I am now officially in love with two things named Arrested Development. Yes, you needed to know that.
5. Please help me out. I can’t decide which of these things is funnier: Awkward Family Photos or the literal video version of Total Eclipse of the Heart. What say you?
6. If you Twitter, you can follow me. I can’t guarantee wit or wisdom. But if you’re not a interactive marketing specialist here to make me money, I’ll probably follow you back.
7. My blog friend Annie is in Africa right now with the Mocha Club. You can read about her adventures at the Mocha Club blog (or click on the widget in my sidebar). And you can help for just $7 a month.
8. I wish with all my heart there was an easier way to make numbered or bulleted lists in Blogger.

Let's play a game today.

Let's lighten things up today. I've gotten this same forward several times, asking me to play a round of Scattergories using the first letter of my first name. I don't do forwards, but I do blog. So, I'll go first. Then it's your turn. Ready...go!

My name - Photoqueen
Boy name - Philip
4-letter word - Post
Girl name - Pamela
Occupation - Pharmacist
Color - Purple
Something you wear - Pants
Beverage - Pale Ale
Food - Pork chops
Something in the bathroom - Perfume
A place - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reason for being late - Puked
Something you shout - Pass the salt!

(Well, I might shout that – you don’t know!)

It was harder to do this with my screen name, by the way! Feel free to use whatever name you'd like. Your given name, your middle name, your nickname, your boss's name, whatever. Leave your list in the comments!